មមី

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic មមី mmī WT romanisation mɔmii (standard) IPA(key) /mɔ.ˈmiː/

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer មមី (mamī, “horse (zodiac)”), from Vietic. Compare Thai มะเมีย (má-miia) and Vietnamese ngựa.

The medial -m- originated from the progressive assimilation of -ŋ-, due to the labial minor syllable: *m-ŋ- > m-m-. The similar phenomenon also occurred with មមែ (mɔmɛɛ). See Ferlus (2013) for more.

Noun

មមី • (mɔmii)

1. (astrology) the Horse, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

   ឆ្នាំមមី  ―  chnam mɔmii  ―  year of the Horse

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) រាសីចក្រ (riəsəycak); (ឆ្នាំ~) ជូត (cuut), ឆ្លូវ (chləw), ខាល (khaal), ថោះ (thɑh), រោង (roong), ម្សាញ់ (msañ), មមី (mɔmii), មមែ (mɔmɛɛ), វក (vɔɔk), រកា (rɔkaa), ច (cɑɑ), កុរ (kol) ^{(Category: km:Chinese zodiac signs)}

Etymology 2

Adjective

មមី • (mɔmii) (abstract noun ភាពមមី)

1. to be drowsy, sleepy; to be half-open (of the eyes)

• ភ្នែកមមី  ―  phnɛɛk mɔmii  ―  sleepy eyes, half-open eyes
• មុខមមី  ―  muk mɔmii  ―  sleepy face

Related terms

• មមីមមើ (mɔɔmiimməə)
• ល្មីល្មើ (lmiilməə)